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Sunda Frogmouth

Owls, Nightjars & Frogmouths

Batrachostomus cornutus

Basic stats

Diet

Insects

Habitat

Lowland and hill forest

Range

Borneo, Sumatra

Clutch size

1 egg (typical for frogmouths)

Incubation period

About 27–30 days (typical for frogmouths)

Size

Medium (25cm)

Wingspan

~40–44cm

Weight

~70–90g

A medium-sized frogmouth with cryptic mottled plumage, found in lowland and hill forest across the Sunda region.

Nocturnal, hunting insects from a perch, and — like other frogmouths — extremely difficult to spot by day thanks to bark-like camouflage.

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